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A review by ksangabriel15
The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico by Sarah McCoy
3.0
I want to give this more stars because I did enjoy it, but I needed more. This is a fairly short story that seems like an excerpt from a more expansive novel.
For this novel to be set in 1959, I couldn’t exactly tell other than a few mentions of Elvis and JFK. Actually, there were lots of things that could’ve been more prominent in the story, especially as the main character, Verdita — a prepubescent girl, ages and begins to learn about mature topics such as politics, family planning, and romance. I wasn’t sure where any of Verdita’s experiences would lead her and — mini-spoiler — many of them lead nowhere or resulted in no great consequence. Even the most devastating part of the story (in my opinion) was sort of glossed over and resolved quickly.
And the ending... It wasn’t really a cliffhanger, but I didn’t feel like Verdita’s story had concluded. Again, I liked this book, and because I did, I want to know more! It doesn’t look like the author has written a sequel but I sure wish she had.
For this novel to be set in 1959, I couldn’t exactly tell other than a few mentions of Elvis and JFK. Actually, there were lots of things that could’ve been more prominent in the story, especially as the main character, Verdita — a prepubescent girl, ages and begins to learn about mature topics such as politics, family planning, and romance. I wasn’t sure where any of Verdita’s experiences would lead her and — mini-spoiler — many of them lead nowhere or resulted in no great consequence. Even the most devastating part of the story (in my opinion) was sort of glossed over and resolved quickly.
And the ending... It wasn’t really a cliffhanger, but I didn’t feel like Verdita’s story had concluded. Again, I liked this book, and because I did, I want to know more! It doesn’t look like the author has written a sequel but I sure wish she had.